Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Oral care implement with adjustable cleaning elements
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Application No.: US16065416Application Date: 2015-12-28
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Publication No.: US10588398B2Publication Date: 2020-03-17
- Inventor: Eduardo Jimenez , Douglas Hohlbein , Kenneth Waguespack , Anthony Baxter
- Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Current Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- International Application: PCT/US2015/067679 WO 20151228
- International Announcement: WO2017/116396 WO 20170706
- Main IPC: A46B9/04
- IPC: A46B9/04 ; A46B5/00 ; A46B7/02 ; A46B7/06

Abstract:
In some embodiments an oral care implement herein may be embodied as a toothbrush having a head disposed at a distal end of a handle. The head may include a fixed bristle support and at least two movable bristle supports, movable relative to the fixed bristle support and relative to each other. An actuator is disposed to actuate the movable bristle supports between a brushing position in which bristles on the fixed bristle support and the movable bristle supports are substantially parallel and an interdental cleaning position in which the movable bristle supports are moved relative to each other such that the bristles on the movable bristle supports are angled toward each other. In the interdental cleaning position, the bristles may form a point or similar bristle tip, which may be useful for interdental cleaning.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190014897A1 Oral Care Implement with Adjustable Cleaning Elements Public/Granted day:2019-01-17
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